PITTSFORD, N.Y. -- Unless Phil Mickelson wins like another 10 majors in the next decade, he's going to go down as the second-best golfer of the Tiger Woods era. And at 43, that's probably not going to happen. Not that there's anything wrong with that....

PITTSFORD, N.Y. -- A glance at Thursday's opening round of the PGA Championship at 7,163-yard, par-70 Oak Hill Country Club (East Course):
Defending champion: Rory McIlroy, who won by a record eight strokes at Kiawah Island.
Tiger watch: Tiger Woods...

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. -- Olympic bronze medalist Georgia Gould and fellow Olympian Todd Wells will lead the U.S. team at the mountain bike world championships in South Africa this month.
Gould will be joined on the women's cross-country team by...

CLEVELAND -- The Detroit Tigers have cut ties with closer Jose Valverde, maybe this time for good.
The club released the colorful Valverde from his contract with Triple-A Toledo on Wednesday, ending a stay that included several highs and lows....

SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic -- UNICEF has some grim findings about childhood poverty in the Dominican Republic.
The U.N. agency says half of Dominicans younger than 18 live in poverty, struggling to get enough food, access to safe drinking water...

Mid-August in South Florida: the hot, rainy, muggy, weeklong cusp between the end of most kids' summer camps and the start of the new school year.
How do families cope with this temporary netherworld between long periods of rigid scheduling?
Turns out...

Jeff Kelly is back in the Carolina Panthers' memorabilia market due to new NFL security policies.
Starting with Friday's pre-season game against Chicago, the Panthers will prohibit most bags and many seat cushions from Bank of America Stadium.
The new...

In a new report this week, the credit rating agency Moody's said a change in control of Charlotte Douglas International Airport likely won't affect its credit rating or ability to make debt payments.
The fate of $860 million worth of bonds backed by...

You have probably seen the video by now, Peyton and Eli Manning wearing ridiculous wigs and absurd outfits in a very funny commercial for DirecTV. It's called "Football on Your Phone," and it's a "Saturday Night Live"-style spoof...

BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. -- The producer of an ambitious documentary on the 500-year history of Latinos in America says the film is aimed at a broad audience.
"Latino Americans" producer Adriana Bosch says an effort was made to keep the project...

SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic UNICEF has some grim findings about childhood poverty in the Dominican Republic.
The U.N. agency says half of Dominicans younger than 18 live in poverty, struggling to get enough food, access to safe drinking water...

St. Charles Mayor Raymond Rogina announced Wednesday afternoon he will recommend Mark Koenen, the director of public works, to be the next city administrator.
The City Council is scheduled to vote on Koenen's nomination at its Aug. 19 meeting. If...